discountenance 的 2 个定义
dis·coun·te·nanced, dis·coun·te·nanc·ing.
- to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- to show disapproval of: The teachers discountenanced smoking by the students.
- disapproval; disapprobation.
discountenance 近义词
reject, oppose
embarrass, disconcert
更多discountenance例句
- But, by holding Presbytery as alone of Divine origin, she would most effectively discountenance such unjust claims.
- Those teachers who discountenance local effort have only their own experience to guide them.
- This conduct should receive not only the discountenance, but the decided reprehension of the respectable part of the community.
- It cherishes those Passions, and rewards those Vices, which 'tis the business of Reason to discountenance.
- Everything that we know of Shakespeare seems to discountenance the probability of his having any such intention.